Grinding
Performing repetitive tasks to level up
Example
I've been grinding Dragonmaw Clan rep on my main so I can buy the Withered Dream Belt
Related Slang
| Gamer | A video game player |
| Twitch | Video game streaming website |
| VG | Video game |
| WOW | World of Warcraft |
| Blizz | Blizzard |
| MMORPG | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| rep | Reputation |
| Main | Main character |
| lvl | Level |
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Grinding is when a gamer puts in long hours performing repetitive tasks to level up their character (or complete some other achievement). For example, a World of Warcraft (WoW) player might spend hours killing the same weak enemies over and over to level up their character for a raid.
Some gamers prefer to grind away before advancing through a game's levels or story, to make progress easier. Most gamers, however, hate grinding, and they'll do it only when a game forces them to (e.g. because they've lost to the same boss three times in a row and know they need to level up).